New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi Police has arrested a criminal wanted in a Rs 1.75 crore cheating and forgery case in which a retired Tihar Jail pharmacist was allegedly duped through the sale of six plots using fake documents, officials said on
Thursday.
The accused, Vinod Kumar Bhardwaj - alias Rahul, alias Pappu - was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 and had been declared a proclaimed offender by a Tis Hazari court, they said.
The case was registered at Ranhola police station on the complaint of Kailash Narayan, who retired as a senior pharmacist from Tihar Jail in 2024.
According to police, the accused knew about Narayan through a property dealer, Parveen, and, along with his wife, brother-in-law B S Bhardwaj, and other associates, allegedly lured the pharmacist into investing his retirement savings in property.
The accused allegedly convinced the retired pharmacist to purchase six plots and sold them to him on the basis of fake and fabricated documents, causing him a financial loss of around Rs 1.75 crore, police said.
Police arrested Vinod from a residential society in Dwarka's Sector 5 after developing intelligence through field sources and technical surveillance. A proclaimed offender, he had a Rs 50,000 reward.
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